Most popular boys’ names in Ontario, 1952

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	3,492
2	Robert	3,321
3	Joseph	3,306
4	David	2,807
5	William	2,350
6	James	2,331
7	Richard	1,894
8	Michael	1,766
9	Donald	1,349
10	Paul	1,307
11	Brian	1,305
12	Douglas	1,136
13	Ronald	1,116
14	Thomas	1,115
15	Kenneth	1,111
16	Gary	1,045
17	Peter	939
18	Stephen	800
19	George	740
20	Daniel	712
21	Wayne	674
22	Edward	624
23	Larry	615
24	Gordon	611
25	Charles	600

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Bruce	594
27	Dennis	471
28	Gerald	464
29	Mark	452
30	Raymond	428
31	Steven	401
32	Patrick	393
33	Gregory	391
34	Allan	378
35	Barry	375
36	Baby	362
37	Christopher	353
37	Lawrence	353
39	Timothy	343
40	Alan	324
41	Philip	302
42	Frederick	294
43	Norman	290
44	Roger	281
45	Glen	254
46	Keith	250
47	Murray	248
48	Ian	235
49	Terry	229
50	Arthur	226
51	Walter	222
52	Glenn	221
53	Eric	220
54	Frank	219
55	Harold	217
56	Leonard	216
57	Stanley	209
58	Kevin	199
59	Andrew	197
60	Francis	193
61	Randall	192
62	Garry	184
63	Jeffrey	179
64	Anthony	174
64	Martin	174
64	Roy	174
67	Howard	167
68	Albert	165
69	Randy	159
70	Alexander	158
71	Ralph	157
72	Carl	155
72	Neil	155
74	Harry	148
75	Henry	141
76	Ross	140
77	Dale	138
77	Jack	138
79	Jean	136
80	Leslie	134
81	Danny	131
82	Ernest	128
83	Terrance	127
84	Bernard	126
85	Terrence	125
86	Denis	123
87	Clifford	122
88	Bryan	121
89	Craig	119
90	Russell	118
91	Terence	116
92	Lloyd	114
93	Allen	112
94	Micheal	107
95	Lorne	106
96	Bradley	103
97	Michel	102
98	Warren	101
99	Hugh	97
100	Victor	95